Sirach 2:12-14

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¹² Woe to timid hearts and to slack hands
    and to the sinner who walks a double path!^(A)
13 Woe to the fainthearted who have no trust!
    Therefore they will have no shelter.
¹⁴ Woe to you who have lost patience!
    What will you do when the Lord’s reckoning comes?^(B)